South Scotland Attractions
Clan Armstrong Museum
- Dumfriesshire
- Museum
With new display boards and exhibits, the Clan Armstrong Trust museum is the world's best and biggest Armstrong museum.
Clan Tartan Centre
- Edinburgh
- Shop
The Clan Tartan Centre houses a collection of over 50,000 names in their archives of tartans.
Coldstream Museum
- Scottish Borders
- Museum
A local history museum with a special section for The Coldstream Guards. Temporary exhibitions each year.
Gladstone Court Museum
- Scottish Borders
- Museum
Gladstone Court Museum gives children a living experience of Victorian social history.
Bargany Gardens
- Galloway
- Mansion
A woodland garden with lily pond, kitchen garden and rock garden. Loudon admired the new planting in 1833, as he did the flued walls round the kitchen garden.
Smailholm Tower
- Scottish Borders
- Nature Site
Smailholm is a prominent landmark that proved inspirational to Sir Walter Scott
Lennoxlove House
- East Lothian
- Mansion
Lennoxlove House is the home of the Duke of Hamilton, dating from 14th century
Old Gala House
- Scottish Borders
- Attraction
Old Gala House is an impressive and unusual building, its history and fortunes spanning five centuries.
Dryburgh Abbey
- Scottish Borders
- Attraction
Dryburgh Abbey is situated by the Tweed River and is a remarkably complete medieval ruin
Abbotsford
- Scottish Borders
- Attraction
Abbotsford was the home of Sir Walter Scott, near to Melrose in the Scottish Borders. The house is run by a charitable trust dedicated to raising the profile of Scott's work.
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